LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 8, 1995



 TO:     Honorable John T. Montford, Chair      IN RE:  Senate BillNo. 670,
         Committee on Finance                                  as amended
         Senate                                         By: Armbrister
         Austin, Texas







FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
670 (; Relating to expenses of state agencies and the
compensation, expenses, and conditions of employment of state
officers, employees, and other workers.) this office has
determined the following:

The bill would amend various statutory provisions relating to
payroll-related employee benefits, including: providing a uniform
definition of the holidays for which a state employee would
receive compensation; allowing for state employees to receive
their paychecks on a state holiday;  and allowing for the
transfer of compensatory time balances in certain cases where a
state employee moves to a different agency. 

The bill would also establish a uniform methodology for
calculating the state salary payable to retired and former judges
called to serve as visiting judges and for special judges
assigned to hear certain cases.  It is anticipated that such a
uniform application may result in a savings to the state, however
the amount of such potential savings cannot be determined.


No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.


Source:   Comptroller of Public Accounts, State Auditor's Office,
Employees Retirement System
          LBB Staff: JK, KVO, DF